In the shadows of the night in Caldwell, New York there's a war raging between vampires and their slayers. There exists a secret band of brothers like no other-six vampire warriors, defender of their race. But now an ally of the Brotherhood is about to encounter his own dark desire... Butch O'Neal is a fighter by nature. A hard living, ex-homicide cop, he's the only human ever to be allowed in the inner circle of the Black Dagger Brotherhood. And he wants to go even deeper into the vampire world to engage in the turf war with the lessers. He's got nothing to lose. His heart belongs to a female vampire, Marissa, an aristocratic beauty who's way out of his league. If he can't have her, then at least he can fight side by side with the Brothers...

Fate curses him with the very thing he wants. When Butch sacrifices himself to save a civilian vampire from the slayers, he falls prey to the darkest force in the war. Left for dead, he's found by a miracle, and the Brotherhood calls Marissa to bring him back. But even her love may not be enough to save him... BOOK REVIEW:

I have to be very careful with my reviews now as it is going to be very difficult not to give anything away.

Butch!! Butch!! Butch!!!...WOW!!! I am impressed. I wasn't overly before this book, but WOW!!!

The BFF / man love between Butch and Vishous is special. Loyal to each other beyond any of the Brothers. J.R Ward has created a great book here. Her imagination is wonderful to read.

Butch earned huge brownie points with me as the reader with his loyalty to the Brotherhood and his strength. J.R Ward just keeps surprising me with her storyline. 'POW'!!!!!! Lots revealed in this book.

Marissa maybe 300+ years old but dang somebody give that woman a book/manual....lol!!!

Havers , I am sorry J .R . but he really is a bag of annoyance. If you wanted him read that way, well bravo it worked:D

I love Zsadist has found his 'thing', something he is good at. John is still feeling the loss and dealing, life outside the classroom isn't a whole lot of fun.

Butch's character really grows...in this book :)
There are some wonderful scenes between Butch and Vishous, emotional and eye boggling. Vishous begins to show us more.

Lover Awakened bk 3 and Lover Revealed bk 4 are my two fave books in series to date.